Epson ACTIONTOWER 7000 manual

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  • Page 1

    EPSON ActionPC 7000, ActionTower 7000, Endeavor 486i hard disk access light RESET SPEED light POWER light (HDD) drive bays button / AC outlet / serial 1 serial 2 voltage switch POWER button RESET button + / option slots POWER light SPEED light hard disk access light WV I drive bays / , VGA monitor printer (parallel device) serial 2 serial 1 mou[...]

  • Page 2

    EPSON ActionPC 7000, ActionTower 7000, Endeavor 486i Video Diskette Hard disk Interfaces Monitor Parallel Serial Keyboard Mouse Option slots Speaker Cirrus Logic GD5430 high-performance GUI accelerator controller supports resolutions up to 1024 x 768 in 256 colors with 1MB of video DRAM; 1280 x 1024 with 2MB of video DRAM Controller on main system [...]

  • Page 3

    EPSON ActionPC 7000, ActionTower 7000, Endeavor 486i Power Supply Type 200 Watt, UL/TUV/CSA listed, fan-cooled Input ranges 100-120 VAC or 200-240 VAC; switch-selectable Maximum +5 VDC at 20 Amps, -5 VDC at 0.5 Amp output +12 VDC at 8 Amps, -12 VDC at 0.5 Amp Frequency 50 to 60 Hz Cables Two to main system board, five to mass storage devices; for m[...]

  • Page 4

    EPSON ActionPC 7000, ActionTower 7000, Endeavor 486i System Board Components The diagram below illustrates the components on the ActionPC 7000/ActionTower 7000/Endeavor 486i board. The table following it describes these components. 4 - ActionPC 7000, ActionTower 7000, Endeavor 486i 5/19/95[...]

  • Page 5

    EPSON ActionPC 7000, ActionTower 7000, Endeavor 486i System board components Connector J1 PS/2 keyboard connector J3 PS/2 mouse connector J4 Serial 2 port connector J5 Serial 1 port connector J6 Printer (parallel) port connector J7 15-pin DIN type VGA connector J9 Power connector J10 VGA feature connector J12 Diskette drive connector J13 Primary ID[...]

  • Page 6

    EPSON ActionPC 7000, ActionTower 7000, Endeavor 486i SIMM configurations (continued) Bank0 Bank1 Bank2 Bank3 Total (SIM1) Type (SIM2) Type (SIM3) Type (SIM4) Type memory 16MB Single 16MB Single 8MB Double - 40MB 16MB Single 16MB Single 16MB Single - 48MB 16MB Single 16MB Single 8MB Double 8MB Double 48MB 16MB Single 16MB Single 16MB Single 16MB Sin[...]

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    EPSON ActionPC 7000, ActionTower 7000, Endeavor 486i Hard Disk Drive Information DMA Assignments The following table lists parameters for hard disk drives qualified for use in the computer. Hard disk the parameters Level Assigned device DMA0 Reserved DMA1 Available DMA2 Diskette drive controller DMA3 Available DMA4 Cascade from DMA1 to DMA2 DMA5 Sp[...]

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    EPSON ActionPC 7000, ActionTower 7000, Endeavor 486i System I/O Address Map Serial port connector pin assignments (J4 and J5) Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 Data carrier detect 6 Data set ready 2 Receive data 7 Request to send 3 Transmit data 8 Clear to send 4 Data terminal ready 9 Ring indicator Hex address 000-01F 020-03F Assigned device DMA controller [...]

  • Page 9

    EPSON ActionPC 7000, ActionTower 7000, Endeavor 486i IDE drive connector pin assignments and J14) *Active low logic Option card riser board connector pin assignments * Active low logic ISA option slot connector pin assignments * Active low logic SIMM socket connector pin assignments * Active low logic 5/19/95 ActionPC 7000, ActionTower 7000, Endeav[...]

  • Page 10

    EPSON ActionPC 7000, ActionTower 7000, Endeavor 486i Tested Operating Environments The following operating environments have been tested for compatibility with the system. Microsoft® MS-DOS® 3.3 and later Novell® DR DOS® Novell NetWare®* 3.12 and 4.02 Novell Personal NetWare IBM® OS/2® including version 3.0 (Warp) SCO® UNIX® SCO Open Deskt[...]